Manager Management
Resume:
EDWIN L. TILLER, JR.
*** ********* ****, ***** *******, SC 29860
**.******@*******.***
EDUCATION, CERTIFICATIONS AND SIGNIFICANT TRAINING
B.S., Business Management, 2000
University Of South Carolina, Aiken, SC
Professional Certifications, 1994
John Deere & Company Continuing Education, Moline, IL
• Fundamentals Of Geometric Dimensioning And Tolerance
• Failure Mode And Effects Analysis
• Statistical Process Control
• Advanced Product Quality Planning And Control Plan
• Production Part Approval Process
• Managing The Supply Chain
• Root Cause Analysis And Corrective Action
• Effective Business Communications
• ISO 9000 Lead Internal Auditor
Sales Forecasting Benchmarking Forum, 2002
University Of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Member of APICS,
CPIM certification and CIRM certification, in progress
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
RIETER AUTOMOTIVE NORTH AMERICA, Aiken, SC 3/10 -10/10
Global producer of acoustical products for vehicles: engine bay, passenger compartment, trunk, body-in-
white and exterior in order to offer customized solution for sound reduction. .Global supplier to Tier 1
automotive industry
Materials Manager
• Managed all key personnel responsible for production planning and control, strategic and tactical
supply chain management, warehousing and distribution, logistics, customer order fulfillment,
and MRO purchasing.
• Implementation of lean material flow strategy development and execution for both domestic and
international supply base
• Successfully negotiated external warehouse leasing and contract production support agreement
with the South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department and the State of South Carolina to
support production expansion and complete goods order fulfillment and distribution operations.
BAE SYSTEMS INC., Aiken, SC 2006 – 2009
Global defense, security and aerospace company that delivers products and services for air, land
and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and
customer support services.
Material Manager
• Managed, trained, and lead all materials department personnel related to logistics, bills of
material, configuration management, MRP, master scheduling, raw material, and tactical supply
chain functions.
• Provided strategic planning, capacity planning, and process control documentation for lean
material flow systems and managed all process communication from PFMEA to customer order
fulfillment.
• Initiated and lead Kaizen, 5-S, and lean process improvement events while developing alternate
strategies to hedge against process variability risks.
• Executed program/project management functions in accordance with KPI’s and communicated to
higher corporate organizational levels.
• Orchestrated S&OP, budgeting, resource planning, and production proposal initiatives.
• Promoted from Senior Material Analyst to Material Manager after one year of employment.
• Successfully established all offsite material management functions in Charlotte, Michigan to
support MRAP prototype production leading to multiple multi-million dollar contract awards.
• Organized, planned, and executed all material management planning activities related to a new
factory start-up in Graniteville, South Carolina. Received a Bronze Chairman’s Award in fiscal
2008 as a major contributing member of the Graniteville start-up team.
• Maintained 99% raw material and complete goods inventory accuracy with an average of 52 turns
per year for a 850,000 piece part per month production volume.
• Maintained 98% on time customer delivery performance for all Department of Defense contracts.
• Received a minimum Bronze Chairman’s Award in 2009 for the Lean Material Flow Processes
developed and implemented to support MRAP, ILAV, MATV manufacturing operations.
OTIS SPUNKMEYER INC., Cayce, SC 2004 – 2006
Nationally recognized pioneer in the fresh-baked cookie business and a leader in the sweet baked goods
industry.
Production Planning Manager / Demand Planning Manager
• Supervised all corporate employees responsible for consumer demand planning,
production/operations planning, and logistics at multiple factories within the United States.
• Developed the corporate consensus forecasting process relative to Sales and Operations Planning,
inventory control, production, and logistics.
• Managed and gave final approval for the corporate weekly Master Schedule consisting of 1600
SKUs in all inventory distribution centers throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe.
• Responsible for corporate management of complete goods inventory levels, logistics cost,
strategic finished goods plan, and departmental budget.
• Successfully implemented a new manufacturing operations team consisting of all functional areas
influencing the customer delivery process.
• Maintained 99.4% customer order fulfillment while exceeding inventory cost reduction targets.
• Successfully managed the forecast process with a 10.2% average forecast error, which was below
established acceptable target of 12%.
John Deere Commercial Products, Grovetown, GA 1994 – 2004
John Deere Commercial Products Inc is a private company categorized under Lawn and Garden
Equipment and Supplies-Manufacturers and located in Grovetown, GA.
Forecast Analyst / Production Planner (2000 – 2004)
• Participated in the implementation and execution of a commercial order fulfillment program for
the Agricultural Division.
• Managed raw material inventory requirements, lean material flow, commercial order fulfillment,
and complete goods inventory, to support corporate, division, and factory goals.
• Developed and reported metrics used to monitor and measure commercial order fulfillment,
logistics, quality, and manufacturing operations.
• Certified ISO 9000 Lead Internal Auditor. Managed all departmental quality systems
documentation for ISO 9000 surveillance audits and re-certification.
• Participated in the establishment of a new forecasting department and the forecasting processes
required to support annual raw material inventory of over 650 million dollars.
• Developed and implemented forecasting and lean material flow strategies to hedge against long
supplier lead times and demand variability while providing manufacturing flexibility for
commercial order fulfillment.
• Achieved raw material inventory reduction goals by reducing average monthly inventory from
120 million dollars to 48 million dollars while supporting production at a 35% sales volume
increase.
• Maintained a 99% order fill rate for commercial order fulfillment on-time delivery.
Supply Management Planner (1997 – 2000)
• Led all supply management planners in tactical functions to support multiple manufacturing
operations.
• Managed supplier delivery schedules, supplier quality, material warehousing, lean material flow,
Kan-Ban processes, and right–size containerization.
• Developed supply management delivery strategies and managed all class A and import
components carrying long lead times.
• Coordinated logistical functions for in-bound freight, third party logistics, and material handling
operations in support of point-of-use production.
• Successfully implemented SAP system relative to all tactical supply management operations
while assisting in departmental training.
• Integrated demand flow material presentation strategies from the supply base, third-party logistics
provider, and material presentation to point-of-assembly.
Assembly Technician (1994 – 1996)
• Assembled components on assembly line
• Served as Zone Leader, Product Quality Auditor, and Internal Quality Auditor for ISO 9000
• Established and managed unique operations for special Marketing export target markets.
• Contributed to continuous improvement of product and the quality systems required to support
manufacturing operations.
• Successfully developed packaging, logistic, and export operations to support special Marketing
segments for both Mexico and Korean markets.
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